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Title For the record / by Monique Polak.
Author Polak, Monique, author.
Publication Info. Toronto, ON : Owlkids Books, [2022]
©2022
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Location Call No. Status
 Alafaya  J FIC POL    Checked Out
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Children's  J FIC POL    Check Shelves
 Southwest  J FIC POL    Checked Out
 West Oaks  J FIC POL    Check Shelves
 Winter Garden  J FIC POL    Check Shelves
Description 252 pages ; 21 cm
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Summary "Twelve-year-old Justine's parents are recently divorced and she and her little sister, Bea, go back and forth between their parents' homes in Montreal. Because her mother (whose anxiety manifests itself as the need to control) believes that their father and beloved half-sister are a bad influence on Justine and Bea, she enlists Justine's aid in collecting evidence that would lead to sole custody being granted to her. Justine goes along with this plan, and buys into her mother's view of her father at first, but when she crafts an outright lie for her mother's court case, she starts to question her mother's--and her own--behaviour. When called upon to testify in court in front of a judge who actually cares about Justine and Bea, Justine is able to summon the courage to tell the truth, no matter what the consequences. The book explores the widespread phenomenon of parental alienation, which the DSM-5 calls "child psychological abuse.""-- Provided by publisher.
Note Issued also in electronic formats.
Subject Children of divorced parents -- Juvenile fiction.
Custody of children -- Juvenile fiction.
Psychological child abuse -- Juvenile fiction.
Sisters -- Juvenile fiction.
Courage -- Juvenile fiction.
Montérégie (Québec) -- Juvenile fiction.
Children of divorced parents -- Fiction.
Custody of children -- Fiction.
Psychological child abuse -- Fiction.
Sisters -- Fiction.
Courage -- Fiction.
JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Marriage & Divorce.
Children of divorced parents. (OCoLC)fst00855337
Courage. (OCoLC)fst00881609
Custody of children. (OCoLC)fst00885495
Sisters. (OCoLC)fst01119758
Genre Fictional Work (DNLM)D022922
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Fiction.
Related To Online version: Polak, Monique. For the record. Toronto : Owlkids Books, 2022 177147551X 9781771475518 (OCoLC)1257787872
ISBN 9781771474375 (hardcover) : $18.95
1771474378 (hardcover)